0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/10/2013
The Texas Rangers have placed starter Matt Harrison on the 15-day DL with an inflammed nerve in his back, and have called up Justin Grimm from AAA Oklahoma City to replace him in the rotation. Grimm will start on Thursday for the Rangers in Seattle. Harrison, who signed a five-year, $55 million extension with the […]
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The New York Yankees were left for dead in a gutter to start last week after a 1-4 start. New York's offense looked listless in losing two out of three to the Red Sox to start the year, and the first two to Detroit. But in the three games since, the Yankees have scored 32 […]
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During Tuesday's Yankees-Indians game, Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco was ejected in his first start since August 3, 2011 for throwing at the head of Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis. Carrasco was ejected in the fourth inning, and threw at Youkilis the pitch after Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer to give the Yankees a 7-0 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/9/2013
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim got a hit to their 2013 campaign on Tuesday, when they placed starting pticher Jered Weaver on the DL with a fractured left elbow suffered on Sunday against the Rangers. Weaver landed awkwardly on his elbow while dodging a line drive off the bat of Rangers first baseman Mitch […]
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At the end of last night's Rays-Rangers game, home plate umpire Marty Foster called Ben Zobrist out on a pitch that was (clearly) a ball, as you can see in the video above. Also in the video above, you can see the reactions from Zobrist and Rays manager Joe Maddon, who were clearly displeased at […]
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Roy Halladay turned in his second straight disappointing performance on Monday, and unlike his first start of the year in Atlanta, there weren't many good takeaways from this one. Halladay allowed seven runs on six hits in four innings, walking three and striking out three. Halladay did get ten whiffs on his 99 pitches, but […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/8/2013
Some things, you just can't make up. The Miami Marlins home opener is tonight, and in Clark Spencer's notebook for the Miami Herald heading into year two of Marlins Park, he reveals that the team hasn't hired an organist yet this season. Seriously. • There will be no organist, at least initially. The Marlins held […]
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It was an odd day across the league on Sunday. Aces got the starts in several games, and many of them just flat-out didn't perform very well. James Shields struggled in Philly, while Cole Hamels got shelled. Jeff Samardzija dazzled early on in Atlanta, but ran out of gas. RA Dickey was just plain terrible. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/7/2013
The Atlanta Braves have placed first baseman Freddie Freeman on the disabled list with a strained oblique. He reportedly suffered the injury last Sunday during a workout and opted to play through it, but was visibly in pain during Saturday night's game with the Cubs, necessitating his placement on the DL before the injury gets […]
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Chicago Cubs closer Carlos Marmol has been pulled from his ninth inning role after his first blown save of the year last night in Atlanta. Kyuji Fujikawa will replace Marmol as the Cubs' fireman, according to reports. Marmol is actually reportedly taking the demotion well, stating "You can't complain about it. They say it's better […]
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After just four and a half games, some fans in Atlanta were getting tired of BJ Upton. He started his Braves career by going 0/16, and some fans were clamoring for the return of Michael Bourn. Of course, every player has gone in a slump before, let alone one as short as 16 at bats, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/6/2013
In the top of the seventh inning of the Nationals-Reds game, Washington right fielder Jayson Werth hit a solo homer off of Sam LeCure, his second of the season. That's not the real story of this play. The homer, hit to right center field at the Great American Ballpark, was caught by a fan using […]
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During Saturday's Red Sox-Blue Jays game, Boston starting pitcher John Lackey suffered an injury to his right arm. Lackey had Tommy John surgery after the 2011 season, and missed all of 2012 recovering from the surgery. Based on his arm going completely limp after he threw the pitch, it looks like he's re-aggravated the same […]
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After dominating the Houston Astros on Friday night, A's starting pitcher Dan Straily got the typical pats on the back and fist pounds from his teammates, and then was demoted to AAA Sacramento to make room for veteran starter Bartolo Colon in the Oakland rotation. Straily knew the move was going to happen, but it's […]
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Yeah, we're heading into the first weekend of the season. But Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is playing some white hot baseball right now. Yesterday, he homered in his fourth straight game to start the year, a grand slam in the eighth inning that put Baltimore ahead 9-5. Through four games, Davis has 16 RBI […]
